http://www.ncpeacejustice.org/article.php?id=181September 24 Mobilization to DC: Contacts, Buses and Carpools
The following is a growing list of communities organizing buses to Washington DC on September 24. If your town is not listed, Heide Kober, (919) 304-2682, can help you through the bus organizing process. Seed money for bus deposits may be available.
Use the RIDE BOARD to post updated bus information, carpools, vanpools, peace train boarding, or to seek a ride from your town!
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NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville, NC
Veterans for Peace is sponsoring buses to Washington. contact: Ken 828-400-1145 or Ron 828-582-5180 or Tim Pluta, (828) 689-8463. Leaving Friday Sept 23 evening around 8:00 pm and returning Sunday Sept 25. $75 per seat.
Western North Carolina Peace Coalition is looking into group bookings on the Peace Train (we can catch it in Greenville, SC at 11 PM and then it goes to NC cities at a later hour). Contact Susan Oehler, dancewater @ aol.com
Boone, NC
Chapel Hill & Carrboro, NC
Internationalist Books and Community Center, Chapel Hill, NC, 405 W Franklin St, (919) 942-1740, T-Sat 11-8, Sun 12-6, M 2-8. Tickets are $15 (?) and must be purchased by September __. Tickets can be purchased at the bookstore, located at 405 W. Franklin St.
If you want to sponsor a rider, or are looking for a sponsored ticket, please call the bookstore to inquire. The bus will be leaving Internationalist Books Saturday 24th in the morning and return that evening.
Internationalist Books will provide an information packet to all riders with a map of the area and all pertinent logistical information on board the bus.
Charlotte, NC
Bus will leave at 12:05 AM, Sept. 24 from the Unitarian Universalist Church, 234 N. Sharon Amity Rd, Charlotte, NC (directions
http://maps.yahoo.com/dd). Bus will leave from DC on the same day at approximately 6:00 PM to return to Charlotte. Cost is $ 45 dollars round trip. Send check or money order to:
Action Center For Justice
7100 Mapleridge Dr
Charlotte, NC 28210
Scholarships will be provided to students & low-income people as available. Email us if you need a full or partial scholarship with "scholarship" as the subject. Contact Action Center For Justice, BringThemOnHome @ yahoo.com, (704) 554-1016
Durham, NC
Traction is sponsoring a bus to DC, leaving from Durham, early Saturday morning, September 24. For tickets or to help in local outreach and publicity, contact Lanya Shapiro, lanya @ gettraction.org.
Greensboro, NC
Raleigh, NC
Wilmington, NC
Winston-Salem, NC